Community people: Jeff Carter and sonTHE COURIER / Submitted Rotarian Jeff Carter and his son rang the bell for the Salvation Army with The Russellville Downtown Rotary Clubs day of service. Members of the club rang the bells at both doors of a retail store in support of the Red Kettle Fundraiser.

Reprinted from a 1965 edition of the Democrat CourierReprinted from a 1965 edition of the Democrat Courier. River Valley Rewind Rehearsing for Blue Key variety show competition at Arkansas Tech are vocalist Paula Looper and piano accompanist Connie Legan, both students at Russellville High School.

Community people: Cynthia Callahan and Steve ZimmerTHE COURIER / Submitted Cynthia Callahan was introduced at a recent Russellville Lions meeting by Steve Zimmer, Lions Club president. Callahan is a former educator who now is a financial associate with Thrivent, a nonprofit organization.

Community people: Johnny JohnsonTHE COURIER / Submitted At a recent Kiwanis meeting, Johnny Johnson, Director of Athletics for Russellville School district, discussed with the club the current state of the Russellville Athletics Department and their State Championship football game.

Community people: Sherry Polsgrove, Mark Rezanka, Dr. Jim Collins and Russell RichterTHE COURIER / Submitted Dr. Jim Collins recently spoke to the Russellville Downtown Rotary Club of his involvement of the poinsettia sale at ATU which started Thursday. All money raised at the sale stays in the department of agriculture. Showing some of the varieties that will be for sale are Rotarians Sherry Polsgrove (left), Mark Rezanka (left of center), Dr. Jim Collins (right of center) and Russell Richter (right).

Community people: United Steelworkers UnionTHE COURIER / Submitted Members of the United Steelworkers Union Local 884 recently donated coats to ARVAC, a nonprofit, community action agency serving low-income individuals and families in the River Valley. ARVAC will distribute the donated coats to low-income adults in the Pope County area during upcoming food distributions in December and January. Pictured are Alvin Turner (right), local 884 president, and Ben Ellis, local 884 regional re...

Community people: Cosmetologists at The Hard Rockin SalonTHE COURIER / Submitted The Hard Rockin Salon is a full service salon located in downtown Russellville with a special focus on foster care in the community. They recently presented cards to the Department of Human Service DCFS in Pope, Yell and Johnson counties that will be given to every foster home in those three counties, providing for every child in the home. With the cards, no foster child in Pope, Yell or Johnson County will ever pay for...

Community people: Rhonda Horton, Micah Mahan and Autumn Hurst.THE COURIER / Submitted Russellville Lion and club secretary Rhonda Horton welcomed Micah Mahan and Autumn Hurst, both with Community Services Inc., who presented a program on how smoking damages a smoker's life and leaves lasting effects on family members. According to recent statistics, one in every 13 children exposed to second hand smoke will die of tobacco-related diseases. Mahan and Hurst visit area schools to present no- smoking program...

Community people: Mady Adney and Nicholas StickelTHE COURIER / Submitted The Two Rivers School recently recognized two of its choir members that made the 2016 Region Four All-Region Choir. Pictured are Mady Adney, who made the Cantabile Junior High Girls Choir, and Nicholas Stickel, who made the Senior High Mixed Choir. Nicholas Stickel made third chair, which qualifies him to proceed to the Arkansas All-State Choir auditions on Feb. 3.

Former Courier editor diesWilliam Eldon "Bill" Newsom, the man who wrote his "Banter by Bill" column for thousands of readers of The Courier through the years and who served as editor for over 37 years, died Saturday morning at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. He was 81. During his retirement reception in January 1998, Newsom said there was two things in his life that he would not change. The first was moving to Morrilton in 1957 to become editor of the weekly Mor...

Community people: John Palmer, Truman Pew and Harvey YoungTHE COURIER / Submitted At a recent Russellville Kiwanis Club meeting, Rev. John Palmer (center), campus minister at the Wesley Foundation, talked to the club about the Age 2 Age program and spoke about Thanksgiving. Pictured with Palmer are Truman Pew (left) and Harvey Young.

Community people: Andrew Thorson and Jewel SimcoxTHE COURIER / Submitted Speaking recently to the Russellville Downtown Rotary Club was Lt. Andrew Thorson (right) of the Salvation Army. He discussed the Red Kettle Campaign and how members of the club could help. Pictured with Thorson is Rotarian Jewel Simcox.

Community people: Bill Eaton, Jessica Gunn, Staff Sgt. Thomas RootsTHE COURIER / Submitted Russellville Alderman, former mayor and Lion Bill Eaton (left) introduced Sgt. Jessica Gunn and Staff Sgt. Thomas Roots (right), both with Company "B" of the Arkansas Army National Guard, at a recent meeting. They talked about their roles in recruitment and retention for the Guard. Army National Guard units are in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia. Their primary role is to assist with local a...

Christmas Wish ProvidersTo adopt a Christmas Wish family call the Main Street Mission 479-968-8303 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Main Street Mission will provide the families lists to you.

Community people: Tyson SimonTHE COURIER / Submitted Tyson Simon gave a presentation recently to the Russellville Kiwanis Club about the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the importance of the program in Western Arkansas student sports programs.